Douban

Facebook is not, of course, the only destination for brands looking to engage with consumers. While Facebook has 339 million monthly active users across Asia, companies – especially luxury brands

When Douban user “jenny_junyi” woke up last Sunday, she found a surprise waiting for her in her Douban account. Overnight, she had apparently watched a movie called Runaway Woman, and

With an estimated 597 million people active on social media in China, the country’s top 10 sites actually have a staggering 3.2 billion individual accounts. Armed with the newest user

2011 saw economic turmoil and financial scandals that led to only two Chinese tech companies venturing to IPO in 2012. But 2013 is looking up. This year there’s the distinct

The Douban.fm app for iPad. We recently wrote about how 2013 was likely to be the year that China faced up to paid music subscriptions. And, lo and behold, yesterday

China’s online market is vast and growing at an insane rate – Chinese e-commerce sales are projected to triple from now to 2015 – which makes it a draw for

TechWeb is reporting that according to its internal sources, Chinese artsy social networking site Douban has been experiencing an unusually high rate of employee turnover these past three months among

The Infographic of the Day series visually expresses important stories from Asia and the world of technology. Here’s a useful infographic showing where the Chinese web is at in mid-2012,

A report from a Chinese news site suggests that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has adjusted its ranking rules and algorithm for the iTunes App Store in an apparent bid to punish developers

Douban.com, the Chinese social media site that’s focused around hobbies such as music, movies and reading, has today launched an ebook store and an accompanying set of apps for iPad, Kindle, and desktop PC reading within a web app. To keep the experience social, the Douban Reader app allows users to leave comments and reviews […]